Primary and middle school students in Xuzhou of Jiangsu province received courses on girl sexual abuse prevention at the beginning of the new semester in February.

The students, under the guidance of professional teachers, learned about private parts of their bodies and how to distinguish and prevent sexual abuse.

Many schools in Xuzhou now include the course in their teaching program and as of December 2016 which 430,000 primary students and 76,000 parents had attended it. At the same time, 170,000 safety education manuals and 829 professional teachers were allocated for the work.

Lecturer Zhu Jing gives lessons on sexual abuse protection to parents in a Xuzhou primary school on Feb 21. [Photo by Li Jing/ Xinhua]

Lecturer Li Fang gives lessons on sexual abuse prevention in a junior middle school on Feb 22. [Photo by Li Jing/ Xinhua]

Girls look at posters about female sexual abuse prevention. [Photo by Li Jing/ Xinhua]

Zhao Lan lectures fourth-grade students in a primary school in Xuzhou Feb 21. [Photo by Li Jing/ Xinhua]